Quick report
- Elevation
- 2804 m
- Slope Angle
- 22°
At least it's white! A look at the shallow snow cover in the Naomi Pk/Cornice Ridge Area
Mt. Elmer and the southern sisters in the Mt. Naomi Wilderness as seen from the north.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Isolated wind slab avalanches up to about 1' deep are unlikely but possible in very steep drifted upper elevation terrain.</p>
Snow blankets upper elevation slopes facing all directions, but it's fairly shallow (only one to two feet above 8200'). Early season conditions exist and hitting rocks or deadfall is a significant hazard.
The snow is moderately supportable, more so on upper elevation slopes where sunny slopes are crusty and wind exposed slopes are scoured. I found some pockets of nice re-crystallized powder in sheltered terrain, with sun and wind crusts, and isolated wind slabs up high.